Challenging an arbitration award: some key principles

The author examines the restrictive approach adopted by the High Court since the introduction of the Arbitration Act 1996, in reviewing the arbitral process, as confirmed in the very limited number of cases which have been presented by parties thus far. Published in Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London

Popper's Experiment: A Modern Perspective

Karl Popper had proposed an experiment to test the standard interpretation of quantum mechanics. The proposal survived for many year in the midst of no clear consensus on what results it would yield. The experiment was realized by Kim and Shih in 1999, and the apparently surprising result led to lot of debate. We review Popper's proposal and its realization in the light of current era when entanglement has been well studied, both theoretically and experimentally. We show that the "ghost-diffraction" experiment, carried out in a different context, conclusively resolves the controversy surrounding Popper's experiment.Comment: Review article (11 pages, 2-column) published versio

Modified Two-Slit Experiments and Complementarity

Some modified two-slit interference experiments claim to demonstrate a violation of Bohr's complementarity principle. A typical such experiment is theoretically analyzed using wave-packet dynamics. The flaw in the analysis of such experiments is pointed out and it is demonstrated that they do not violate complementarity. In addition, it is quite generally proved that if the state of a particle is such that the modulus square of the wave-function yields an interference pattern, then it necessarily loses which-path information.Comment: Revised version, to appear in J. Quantum Inf. Sc

Random Linear Fountain Code with Improved Decoding Success Probability

In this paper we study the problem of increasing the decoding success probability of random linear fountain code over GF(2) for small packet lengths used in delay-intolerant applications such as multimedia streaming. Such code over GF(2) are attractive as they have lower decoding complexity than codes over larger field size, but suffer from high transmission redundancy. In our proposed coding scheme we construct a codeword which is not a linear combination of any codewords previously transmitted to mitigate such transmission redundancy. We then note the observation that the probability of receiving a linearly dependent codeword is highest when the receiver has received k-1 linearly independent codewords. We propose using the BlockACK frame so that the codeword received after k-1 linearly independent codeword is always linearly independent, this reduces the expected redundancy by a factor of three.Comment: This paper appears in: Communications (APCC), 2016 22nd Asia-Pacific Conference o

SENCOs: changemakers in their settings

This doctoral research project examines the evolving nature of the professional identity of Special Educational Needs Coordinators (SENCOs). SENCOs are primarily responsible for coordinating the provision and support of children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) in mainstream English primary schools. The focus of the study is the SENCO-teacher dynamic, and the nature of change in relation to the manner in which SENCOs support teachers' practices. Data is gathered through questionnaires and interviews. Thematic analysis is applied, and qualitative results are presented through the use of vignettes